SWINE FEEDING IN COLORADO. 
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eat it for some time. The grain fed was mixed with the 
pulp and in a few days they were eating the mixed pulp and 
grain greedily. 
The low per cent of nutrients in pulp does not give it a 
very good recommendation as a food. The composition of 
Colorado pulp as determined by Dr. Headden, compared 
with alfalfa, runs thus: 
Dry Matter in 100 lbs. Digestible Nutrients in 100 lbs. 
Carbo- Ether 
Protein. hydrates. Extract. 
Beet Pulp. 10.0 0.38 ‘ 7.36 .02 
Alfalfa. 91.6 * 11.00 39.60 1.20 
Dr. Headden states that his analyses were made of 
grated pulp which probably contained a minimum amount 
of nutrients. The California Experiment Station gives a 
somewhat higher composition than the foregoing. Analysis 
quoted from Herbert Myrick’s book on “The American 
Sugar Industry,” p. 108. 
Digestible Digestible Digestible 
Dry Matter. Protein. Carbohydrates. Ether Ext. 
Beet Pulp.10.0 1.3 6:7 0.4 
Taking our own analysis showing the smallest amount 
of foods in one ton of beet pulp there are 200 pounds of dry 
matter, of which 7.6 pounds are digestible protein; 147.2 
pounds digestible carbohydrates, and 4 pounds digestible 
ether extract. In alfalfa there are 1832 pounds of dry mat¬ 
ter in one ton, of which 220 pounds of protein are digestible 
and 792 pounds of carbohydrates are digestible, and there 
are 24 pounds of digestible ether extract. As alfalfa is 
worth about four times as much as pulp costs laid down on 
the farm, we readily see that in the matter of composition 
the pulp makes a poor showing. This is illustrated in the 
following table of comparative values: 
Dry Matter 
in 2000 lbs. 
One ton Pulp worth $1.00.200 
500 lbs. Alfalfa worth $1.00.458 
Digestible Nutrients in 2000 lbs. 
Carbo- Ether 
Protein. hydrates. Extract. 
7.6 ‘ 147.2 0.4 
55.0 198.0 6.0 
However the feeding value of pulp may not be definite¬ 
ly determined by the percentage composition because the 
pulp is not used as a basis food but as a condiment or suc¬ 
culent sauce to increase the appetite and aid digestion, and 
in that respect it may have a value which would make it 
profitable to feed under certain conditions. If two or even 
four pounds of pulp per head each day would help the di¬ 
gestion of the other foods fed, or if in a preliminary feeding 
